The L.I.F.E. Center meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm in the
Sakura Room of Issei Hall at the First United Methodist Church of Loomis. A daily participant fee of $3 provides seniors with a Continental breakfast, a healthy, well-balanced lunch, and participation in all the activities of the Center.

 

Activities:

Painting Classes
Quilting and Sewing
Tai Chi Classes
Stretchersize Classes

Creative Aging for a Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit

Zumchi

 

 

Class Descriptions

 

Tai Chi

Tuesdays & Thursdays 10 to 11 am

 

Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) is a centuries-old Chinese self-defense discipline for health, relaxation, meditation, and self-cultivation.

Sometimes called Chinese or Taoist yoga, Tai Chi emphasizes relaxation and inner calm rather than strength.  It can be learned by anyone regardless of age, sex, or athletic ability.  It is practiced slowly and evenly in circular patterns.

Tai Chi is considered a healing exercise because of its reputation for alleviating ailments, such as hypertension and arthritis.  Tai Chi improves circulation, balance, and helps relax and strengthen the nervous system.

Chi Gong (Oigong) exercises go hand in hand with Tai Chi Practice.  Chi Gong, meaning “energy work” helps develop the flow of “Chi” or life-force energy throughout the body.  This helps to energize and rejuvenate one’s feeling of overall well-being.

Bob and Isabel Meyer, the instructors, have been teaching Tai Chi for twenty years and Bob has been in Martial Arts for forty three years.

 

Stretchersize

Tuesdays & Thursdays 11 am to 12 noon

 

This class offers strength building, toning and increased flexibility for the more mature body.  Sue Inman, the instructor has studied dance for 30 years, and currently teaches ballet, tap and jazz to people of all ages.  Sue has taught stretch and fitness in Rocklin and the Center for the last 15 years.

 

Quilting and Sewing

Thursdays 9 am to 12 noon

 

This class is offered by Marie Golemis and Marylee Drake both of whom are involved in local quilting guilds.  They help develop quilting skills as well as sewing skills for those who prefer not to quilt.  Since quilting is an art of various dimensions they look for new projects to challenge the participants.  If they have a current project they assist them.  There are reference books to inspire them to try something new and they have the necessary tools for all their quilting projects.  They have a stash (quilters’ speak for fabric) which has been donated.

 

Art

Tuesday 9 am to 12 noon

 

This class is offered by Marie Bowden who was an Art Major at Yuba College and has taken classes from Pam Johnson at Sierra College and Gary Pruner at American River College.  The class is primarily focused on instruction in the visual arts and the public exhibition of our work.  The intent is to offer a welcoming social classroom setting for senior art students.  We provide a place to receive instruction and encouragement as they develop their creative gifts, and to experience the anticipation and excitement of setting up their own art shows.  The more advance students are a help and encouragement for the beginning students and adds to the spirit of the class.

 

Creative Aging for a Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit

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Placer School for Adults, in partnership with Senior New Ways and the Senior L.I.F.E. Center, is proud to bring you a new four-session series of classes on creative aging. Explore positive avenues for healthy aging, discern wisdom to share, and discover intuitions with expert facilitators Judith Pruess-Mellow, PhD, M. Div., Executive Director Senior New Ways, and Ron Zielske, PhD, M. Div, Elderspirit. The classes are all on Thursdays from 10 am to 12 noon.

The Senior L.I.F.E. Center will offer an optional $3.00 lunch after each workshop.

Pre-registration is a must to reserve your space for this popularseries.

4/2/09 Laughter and Brain Fitness
Discover the effects of laughter, exercise,and meditation on brain functioning.
Dr. Pruess-Mellow

4/09/09 ABC’s of Fitness

Develop your own personalized wellness plan.
Dr. Pruess-Mellow

4/16/09 Aging as a Spiritual Journey
Learn strategies to help achieve balance in life.
Dr. Zielske

4/23/09 Creativity and Aging
Explore the possibilities of creativity in later life.
Dr. Zielske

 

Zumchi

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Placer Adult School in partnership with the Senior L.I.F.E. Center is offering a Chair Exercise program titled “ZUMCHI” on four successive Thursdays from 8:30 am to 9:30 am at the Center. The dates are March 12, 19, 26 and April 2, 2009. The fee for each class is the daily center fee of $3.

Instructor: Alice Jacobs Ed. D., MS: Dr. Jacobs is an educational physiologist and internationally recognized leader in the field of senior learning and brain health.

This unique and fun class provides a complete brain and body workout through a combination of two highly successful health-promoting programs adapted for those with special medical circumstances / mobility issues necessitating exercise be performed from a seated position. If you want to try something different beyond a regular “stretch and tone” class, then this is the class to take…you will not be bored! You will experience 20 minutes of the acclaimed ZUMBA® Fitness feel good, up-beat full range of motion exercises derived from Latin themed and world music including: Salsa, Cha Cha, Merengue, Cumbia, Tango, and Flamenco. No dance experience necessary and no partner needed. This is followed by 20 minutes of Signchido™, a stress management/relaxation program designed by a medical physician based on brain function. It integrates sign language gesture with breathing, movement, and music. The class begins with a ten minute warm up and ends with a ten minute cool down, for a complete mind, body, spirit experience unlike anything you’ve ever done.
ZUMBA® is the trademark of Zumba Fitness LLC, used under license to the course instructor